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law-makers
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun law-makers has 1 sense
- law-makers(n = noun.group) general assembly, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature - persons who make or amend or repeal laws; Array is a member of authorities, government, regime
has particulars: senate, congress, u.s. congress, united states congress, us congress, house, legislative council, congress, diet, parliament, duma
is a kind of assembly
CIDE DICTIONARY
law-makers, n. pl.
Those persons who make or amend or repeal laws, collectively. [WordNet 1.5]
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